The little red hen finds some grains of wheat and asks her friends (a cat, dog, pig, and duck) to help plant and harvest the wheat, but they all refuse. The hen does all the work herself to plant, harvest, grind, and bake the wheat into bread. When the bread is done, it smells delicious and the friends all want some, but the hen refuses to share since they did not help with any of the work. She eats the bread herself.